Liverpool FC Premier League Champions 25/26 - Talk /Gossip/Rumours

I like Jones and I'd absolutely want to keep Alisson and Gomez

But the list is more to show how much work there still is to do this summer.

Regardless of who the manager is, we'll be going into another season with 4 or 5 new signings at least - and hopefully a new Szoboszlai contract

I think Macallister is the most out of sorts midfielder and I just don't know if he can get back to form, I really feel with Wirtz, Szobo and Grav that our midfield will be a powerhouse once they fully click, and I would consider adding a world class defensive midfielder to that group to round it out. We were looking at caicedo a few years ago, and I still think he would have been class for us. However we're not going to be able to spend 100M+ on someone, maybe 40 M or so, and maybe get that back from a Mac sale.

Up front I think Eketike and Isak will be strong, and maybe get a back up, but perhaps someone around that 50M mark would round it out with Rio being the rotation, he should be able to play significantly more next year.

For defence we look like we're just waiting for the players to step up, and grow up. Leoni, Jaquet, Bradley and Kerkez are all 22 or under. VVD will be ok for another season, but we're really crying out for a solid, late 20s style world class defender imo to chaperone the next phase. VVD will be ok as a second, but not the primary any longer, and Konate is definitely not it. I'm not sure what we can do here if anything, but defence has been very weak this year.

Maybe with all of the above a net spend of sub-100 M would be enough, to strengthen where needed.

Does the Premier League concussion protocol apply to the two Spurs players to make them unavailable for the weekend?

Still think we'll go through. Galatasaray away is almost impossible, few ever manage a win there. 1-0 is a great result.

They have one win away from home in Europe since 2023,

OK….

Which team do you expect will have MORE players from their current squad in their squad the next time they challenge for a major trophy?

No "ifs", no "buts". Just answer the question honestly.

There's a little bit of throwing the baby out with the bath water here I think.

A good few of those are more than capable of being very good squad options still.

A lot of Liverpool's problems are manager related I feel. He's definitely not getting the best out of what's available to him each week.

The team that goes out and the performance that follows doesn't add up.

He hasn't found an effective way to get your best attacking players playing in a way that works together either. This far into the season and with the talent at his disposal that really is poor.

I think ye will still turn it around at home against Gala though and that will keep things ticking over for another while

Genuine question does anyone think Slot is doing a good job this season? I feel most of the good results (small sample size) we've gotten have been down to individual moments rather than any cohesive plan. I've now completely lost all faith in Slot - some of the issues were outside his control (Jota) signing Hugo and Isaak and not getting a CB/RB which i presume was Richard Hughes etc rather than him but everything else has just been….dour. His man management/tactics/use of the squad has been horrendous IMO and that's on him. The perfect storm of mediocrity.

We're playing terrible football, we're soft, lack speed, incision & cohesion and it looks like the players are all just winging it at the moment. I do think we'll most likely beat Galatasaray in the second leg by enough to go through but its no gimme and i cant see us getting much further in the CL even if we do get past Gala.

The longer this season goes on the more it looks like Slot tapped into the dying embers of Klopp's team and rejigged it slightly (which he admitted last season) combined with a lot of help from rivals having an off season. Even with the uptick in results since the new year we're just not a good team. Its insane we're the resigning league champions when you see how rudderless we are.

The trend is very much downwards for me and i think Slot should go in the summer and yet another rebuild begins…

i can't be at peace with the lack of structure and intensity we're seeing.

there was one moment last night which made me lose my shít. we won the ball back in the middle of the pitch. 4 of our players around the ball. And instead of springing into attack - a couple of them lethargically tapped it back and forth with each other, recycled, and then we tried another one of those hopeful long balls.

no ideas, no structure, no willingness to run ahead with the ball in any sort of cohesive manner. they just sort of stood there looking a bit bewildered and idealess.

i can't look at it and not think Slot is the main problem. i don't think he inspires. i think he says stupid things. i think that he believes he's getting as much out of them as possible. he doesn't seem to think we're doing much wrong structurally, and any criticisms are leveled at the players not doing things well enough - he even said last night that our players get to the box and think they'll get plenty of chances, and so don't worry as much if they miss. he's moaned before that we seem to let in goals easily.

he kinda has to get to the end of the season now. but i've fallen out of love with the team. i don't recognise them. i don't have any connection with how the team plays football. Szoboszlai even annoys me - he's so slow in this system, so passive, no driving runs past the player with the ball etc etc - and he's objectively been great! but watching him play is symptomatic of what we are as a team. passive, and hope for Szobo bolt from the blue, or a set piece, or a mistake from the opposition, rather than overtly force anything.

pointless ranting, apologies.

We're taking the structure of football formations to strange new places

I get the point 8-10 is making that we've a lot of players who would be (or are) starters who feel like they will be phased out but I think a good few there NEED to stay. Depth in the squad has been a massive issue. It's great signing world class players but they can't play every game. I'd be very dissapointed to be losing any of Konate, Jones, Mac, Gakpo and Gomez. Would love to get Elliott back too. Alisson should be going nowhere at least for another season or two, but needs better rotation. Those 7 players there are a good bench to rely on if you want to look at it in those terms.

recruitment also has not helped.

while we spent all that money, we replaced Nunez and Diaz - who weren't perfect in the slightest, and certainly in the case of Nunez, as frustrating a player in front of goal as ever - with essentially Gakpo as a starter at LW, and Ekitike (whose not a pest in the same way Nunez is). Plus Salah's ability to be a pest is gone.

so we've replaced rabid intensity with far more passivity.

Thanks, let's see how it goes tonight. If PSG can play like last season I'll be afraid of them too!

Premier league I would say you're probably right, but I think in the rest of Europe Slot's reputation is probably still holding up alright, especially since we've performed much better in the CL than the PL (last night aside).

I don't think we will give him a contract extension, and he only has one season left, so if the right job came for him I wouldn't be surprised if he negotiated out/walked in Summer. He could probably get a 3 year contract at one of the other big 5 leagues. He won't get more money for next year, but overall it will be worth much more to him, and give him a possible redemption arc.